Swimming Holes of California: Day Trips With a Splash
by Pancho Doll
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Author: Pancho DollEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-03
ISBN: 0965768643
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Running Water Press
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Book Review: A confusing treasure map
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is well written and clearly organized, with a straightforward and helpful system of rating swimming holes. However, as other reviewers have described, the instructions are truly atrocious. I am a scientist used to tracking down rare plants using old coordinates, rumor, misinformation, maps, Google Earth, etc. The skills I have honed come in very handy when I use Pancho Doll's book. For some of these sites, nearly all the information (the maps, the written instructions, the GPS coordinates) are all wrong. Even stranger, they are incorrect but consistent with each other. My guess is that Doll took sloppy notes on his navigation, then a few weeks afterwards he guessed where the sites were on a map, and generated hiking instructions and GPS coordinates using mapping software. Some of the sites have taken me two or three searches to actually find. That being said, I've been ticking the northern California sites off, one by one, and thanks to this book I have seen some of the most spectacular and pretty little places I have ever seen in California. Some of the places are so fabulous, my jaw dropped when I saw them. And I guarantee that unless you go to them because of this book or on a local's recommendation, you'd never find them.
Think of this book as a tattered pirate's map that is incomplete and smeared. You'll probably get lost, but with perseverance you may just reach a chest filled with treasure!
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